Ex-Girlfriend
Simple
Kind of Life
Bathwater
Six
Feet Under
Magic's
in the Makeup
Artificial
Sweetner
Marry Me
New
Too Late
Comforting
Lie
Suspension
Without Suspense
Staring Problem
Home Now
Dark Blue
Ex-Girlfriend
I kinda always knew I'd
end up your ex-girlfriend
I kinda always knew I'd
end up your ex-girlfriend
I kinda always knew I'd
end up your ex-girlfriend
I hope I hold a special
place with the rest of them
And you know it makes me
sick to be on that list
But I should have thought
of that before we kissed
You say youre gonna
burn before you mellow
I will be the one to burn you
Whyd you have to go
and pick me?
When you that we were
different, completely
I kinda always knew
Id end up your ex-girlfriend
I kinda always knew
Id end up your ex-girlfriend
I hope I hold a special
place with the rest of them
I kinda always knew
Id end up your ex-girlfriend
Im another
ex-girlfriend on your list
But I should have thought
of that before we kissed
Your wildness scares me
So does your freedom
You say you cant
stand the restrictions
I find myself trying to
change you
If you were meant to be my
lover I wouldnt have to
And I feel so mean, I feel
in between
Cause Im about
to give you away
I kinda always knew
Id end up your ex-girlfriend (for someone else to take)
I kinda always knew
Id end up your ex-girlfriend (am I making a mistake?)
I hope I hold a special
place with the rest of them (all the time that we spent)
I kinda always knew
Id end up your ex-girl, friend
Im another
ex-girlfriend on your list
But I should have thought
of that before we kissed
Im another
ex-girlfriend on your list
But I should have thought
of that before we kissed
Im about to give you
away for someone else to take
Im about to give you
away for someone else to take
We keep repeating mistakes
for souvenirs
And weve been in
between the days for years
And I know that when I see
you Im going to die
I know Im going to
want you and you know why
Its going to kill me
to see you with the next girl
Cause Im the
most gorgeously jealous kind of ex-girl
I kinda always knew
Id end up your ex-girlfriend
I kinda always knew
Id end up your ex-girlfriend
I hope I hold a special
place with the rest of them
I kinda always knew
Id end up your ex-girl friend
Im another
ex-girlfriend on your list
But I should have thought
of that before we kissed
Im another
ex-girlfriend on your list
But I should have thought
of that before we kissed
(T. Dumont, G. Stefani, T. Kanal)
Simple
Kind of Life
For a long time I was in love
Not only in love, I was obsessed
With a friendship that no
one else could touch
It didn't work out, I'm
covered in shells
And all I wanted was a
simple thing
A simple kind of life
And all I needed was a
simple man
So I could be a wife
I'm so ashamed, I've been
so mean
I don't know how it got to
this point
Ooh I always was the one
with all the love
But you came along, I'm
hunting you down
Oh, like sick domestic
abuser looking for a fight
Oh and all I wanted was
the simple thing,
A simple kind of life
Oh if we met tomorrow for
the very first time
Would it start all over again
Would I try to make you mine
I alwaysthought I'd be a mom
Sometimes I wish for a mistake
The more time that I wait,
the most selfish that I get
You seem like you'd be a
good dad
Now all the simple things
are simply too complicated for my life
How'd I get so faithful to
my freedom?
A selfish kind of life
Well all I ever wanted was
the simple thing,
A simple kind of life
A simple kind of life
A simple kind of life....
(G. Stefani)
Bathwater
You and your museum of lovers
The precious collection
devouged in your covers
My simpleness threatend by
my own admission
And the bags are much to
heavey in my insecure condition
My pregnant mind is
fatfull with envy again
But i still love to wash
in your old bathwather
Love to think that you
couldn't love another
I can't help it, your my
kind of man
Hit on and adored by
attractive women
Bountiful selecton at your desctrtion
I know I'm diving into my
own destruction.
So why do we choose the
boys that are naughty?
I don't fit in so why do
you want me?
I know I can't tame you
but I just keep trying
Cause i still love to wash
in your old bathwather
Love to think that you
couldn't love another
On your list with all your
other women
But I still love to wash
in your old bathwater
You make me feel like you
couln't love another
I can't help it, your my
kind of man.
"Why do the good
girls, always want the bad boys?"
So I pacify problems with
kisses and cuddles
Delitilly doubtful with
all kinds of trouble
Then I find myself choking
on all my contradictions
Cause i still love to wash
in your old bathwather
Love to think that you
couldn't love another
Share a toothbrush, your
my kind of man
I still love to wash in
your old bathwather
Make me feel like you
couldn't love another
I can't help it, you're my
kind of man.
I can't help myself, I
can't help myself
I still love to wash in
your old bathwater.
(G. Stefani,T. Kanal, T. Dumont)
Six
Feet Under
In the morning I wake up
And in the night I sleep
Since the day that I was born
Repeat, repeat, repeat
Brought to this life
Born to this life
Where was I before?
Non-existent? Not at all?
Will I ever know?
Today is my birthday
And I get one every year
And some day...
Hard to believe
But I'll be buried six
feet underground
Subconsciously motivated
natural instinct
Alter nature for the pleasure
Orthocycline
Flirt with conception
Slow the cycle
Will the baby grow?
Social tradition interference
Control, control, control
Today is my birthday
And I get one every year
And some day...
Hard to believe
But I'll be buried six
feet underground
I'll be dead and gone, no
longer around
Spinning, spinning
Before I can recall
All the unknown chemicals
Control the cycle
The successive generations
From dust to dust
Burying my grandma
Then give birth to my own daughter
Today is my birthday
And I get one every year
And some day...
Hard to believe
But I'll be buried six
feet underground
Today is my birthday
And I get one every year
And some day...
Hard to believe
But I'll be buried six
feet underground
I'll be dead and gone, no
longer around
I'll be buried six feet underground
(G. Stefani, T. Kanal)
Magic's
in the Make-up
Can you tell I'm faking it?
But I wanna be myself
A counterfeit disposition
Can't be good for my health
So many different faces
Depending on the different phases
My personality changes
There's more than one dimension
I can fool you and attract attention
Camoflauge the nature
Let me
Make up's all off
Who am I?
The magic's in the makeup
Who am I?
If it's boring then I'm comfortable
If it interests me I'm scared
My attraction paralyzes me
No courage to show my
True colours that exist
But I wanna be the real thing
But if you catch my eye
Can't be authentic
know the loved ones
That know me the best
My makeup's all off
Who am I?
The magic's in the makeup
Who am I?
The makeup's all off
Who am I?
If the magic's in the makeup
Then who am I?
The magic's in the makeup
But I wanna be the real thing
But the magic's in the makeup
And I wanna be the real thing
My makeup's all off
Who am I?
(G. Stefani, T. Dumont)
Oh yes I'm guilty
For leasing myself out
Not ready to go up for sale
Can't seem to give it up
Stubborn, so selfish
I'm showing off the worst in me
The return of Saturn
Assessing my life
Second guessing...
I'm full of artificial sweetener
My heart's been deceitful
It's all artificial sweetener
I'm faking I love you's
You're forcing me to
You really deserve love
I want to love you
But I can't seem to find myself
My wilting effort
Our progress report
I'm only sure that I'm not sure
I shudder to be honest
Who's behind it all now?
Who's the author?
I'm full of artificial sweetener
My heart's been deceitful
It's all artificial sweetener
I'm faking I love you's
You're forcing me to
Re-read, re-write, redo, undo
I'm stuck on this page
I was born two weeks late
Is that why I hesitate?
I'm on the fence
Push me off it
I want to be on your side now
And keep a promise
I'm full of artificial sweetener
My heart's been deceitful
It's all artificial sweetener
My heart's been deceitful
I'm faking I love you's
You're forcing me to
(G. Stefani, T. Dumont, T. Kanal)
Marry Me
I can't help that I like
to be kissed
And I wouldn't mind if my
name changed to Mrs.
This is one side, my
conventional side
An attraction to tradition
My vintage disposition
My sincere architecture
And I want to cook him dinner
But I'm more indecisive
than ever
And who believes in forever?
Who will be the one to
marry me?
A girl in the world
barking up the wrong tree
A creature conditioned to
employ matrimony
Crumbling continuity, I
pick up the pieces
The ceremony makes me zealous
As the past quickly ceases
Fear from being neutered
I'm now prude, now defensive
Quickly I'm altered and
tempted by new love only rented
Do you believe you'll
marry me?
You might be the one to
marry me
Back, looking back,
looking back at me
I'm not how I used to be
Take me back, take me back
into history
Diamond ring, tie me down
just like it used to be
Who will be the one to
marry me?
Who will be the one to
marry me?
(G. Stefani, T. Kanal)
New
Don't let it go away
This feeling has got to stay
Don't let it go away
This feeling has got to stay
And I can't believe I've
had this chance now
Don't let it go away
New, you're so new
You, you're new
And I never had this taste
in the past
New, you're so new
My normal hesitation is gone
And I really gravitate to
your will
Are you here to fetch me out?
'Cause I've never had this
taste in my mouth
Youre not old
And youre not familiar
Recently discovered and
Im learning about you
New, you're so new
You, youre new
And you're consuming me violently
And your reverence
shamelessly tempting me
Who sent this maniac?
'Cause I never had this
taste in the past
You're different, you're
different from the former
Like a fresh battery I'm
energized by you
(chorus)
Why am I so curious?
This territory is dangerous
I'll probably end up at
the start
I'll be back in line with
my broken heart
New, you're so new
You, you're new
And I never had this taste
in the past
(chorus)
And I cant believe it
Cant believe it
Cant believe it
Cant believe it
Dont let it go away,
this feeling has got to stay
Dont let it go away
Your So New..
(T. Dumont, G. Stefani)
Too Late
I just want to take you
away from everyone
And keep you stashed under
my pillow
And then I'd take you out
simply for my own pleasure
And wear you when the
occasions special
Then I'd put you on like a diamond
So I can sparkle and be
the envy of my friends
I'd proudly hold the leash
that I'd have you on
So you can't stray and
follow me around all day
It's too late now
I don't think it can fade
It's too real now
Fulfillment just adds fuel
to the blaze
Compulsion has stained me
I'm nervously cradling our
young love, without known limits love
Like a butterfly cupped in
my hands I peek in to see beauty trapped
Confined it flutters
Then it leaves behind
colorful dust
To remind me of the
special times we've spent
But of course it has to
leave my clutch
But enough's never enough
to make a dent
It's too late now
I don't think it can fade
It's too real now
Fulfillment just adds fuel
to the blaze
And in time it will end
And there really isn't
hope for the two of us
But right now I give in...
It's too late now
I don't think it can fade
It's too real now
Fulfillment just adds fuel
to the blaze
Fulfillment just adds fuel
to the
Fulfillment just adds fuel
to the blaze
(G. Stefani, T. Dumont, T. Kanal)
Comforting
Lie
I started out on the
wrong foot
Now I'm not myself
I am Jekyll, I am Hyde
Found this place to hide
Come seek me
Oh, so up and down
So back and forth
So insecure
Can't get this taste out
of my mouth
Swallow it down
Pretend
Hold it, hold it all in
Let it build up
Build a bomb
Blow it, blow it away
Clear it all out
Just end it
I'm just a normal person
Without those problems
When did it change?
Admissions so embarrassing
I'm on the verge of tears again
Hold it, hold it all in
Let it build up
Build a bomb
And blow it, blow it away
Clear it all out
Just end it
Oh look I took the
Band-Aid off
Did I take it off too soon?
Hysterical confession
My big courageous move
Don't gasp at the predictable
A comforting lie can't last
Preordained checklist of
this awkward love
It's so sad
Hold it, hold it all in
Let it build up
Oh, build a bomb
Blow it, blow it away
Clear it all out
Just end it
Sort it, sort it out
Just give it back
No thank you
Toss it, toss it away
Eliminate
Just give up
I can't decide
This tug of war
I'm feeling weak
(G. Stefani, T. Dumont, T. Kanal)
Suspension
Without Suspense
My divorce from dependence
That's when you found me
I was still soft
And we always were in trouble
Odds stacked against us
And trouble's what we are
We get so far
And then it just starts rewinding
And the same old song
We're playing it again
Suspension without suspense
Now that I've murdered
your inspiration
And I forced you off
Do you hate me?
Do you want revenge?
I want to call you
But I won't
We get so far
And then it just starts rewinding
And the same old song
We're playing it again
Suspension without suspense
Oh the pessimistic
protection plan
Moderation loving
I've been hardened by the circumstance
We knew this was coming
We get so far
And then it just starts rewinding
And the same old song
We're playing it again
Suspension without suspense
We get so far
And then it just starts rewinding
And the same old song
We're playing it again and again
Suspension without suspense
Intentions without intent
But I don't want the love
we have to end
(G. Stefani)
Staring
Problem
My eyes are so rootless
They wander, I follow
I keep staring, I can't
stop it
I know I shouldn't
But I can't stop it
Such a cute girl
I'm so jealous
I wish I looked exactly
like her
What's it like to have
that body?
I'm gawking while I wonder
S-T-A-R-I-N-G
I can't stop staring
S-T-A-R-I-N-G
I can't stop staring
With my envy I steal glances
Resentful fault finder
This peek-a-boo's become a problem
Predisposed cat fighter
S-T-A-R-I-N-G
I can't stop staring
S-T-A-R-I-N-G
I can't stop staring
(G. Stefani, T. Kanal, E. Stefani)
Home Now
I'm hanging out with me
And you're a vacant chair
A chosen compromise
This space we rarely share
And if you lived here
you'd be home now
So what you givin' up for me?
And what shall I give up
for you?
Aimless expectations
passing by
If you lived here you'd be
home now
If you lived here you'd be
home now
And to make it real
I need to have you here
I need to have you
I need to hold you
Barren wasted heart
Neglect of normalcy
And if you lived here
you'd be home now
Oh if you lived here you'd
be home now
And to make it real
I need to have you here
I need to have you
It can't be sincere
Unless you spend time here
I need to see you...
Supervision is what I need
Some consistence, tangibility
Some casual light days
Part of the furniture
I want to take you for granted
And see you regular
So what you givin' up for me?
And what shall I give up
for you?
The separations tired,
it's been too long
And to make it real
I need to have you here
I need to have you
It can't be sincere
Unless you spend time here
I need to see you
I need you...
Come home now
(G. Stefani, T. Kanal, T. Dumont)
Dark Blue
I'm tired from exploring you
I'm sorry you've had some
scary days
I'm lucky, they had me on
a leash
Exposing, sometimes you
frighten me
And it's too bad you're so sad
I wish you could have had
what I had
I'm loathing most of your history
Hesitation, but then you
siphon me
Your potential, well I'll
indulge in that
Violent timing explains
the aftermath
And it's too bad you're so sad
I wish you could have had
what I had
And it's so sad it's too bad
Maybe I can make you feel better
Oh maybe I'm supposed to
make you feel better
I want to comfort you
Unlike you I had it easy
You're dark blue Stained
from previous days
And you're so sad
It's too bad
I wish you could have had
what I had
And it's too bad you're so sad
Maybe I can make you feel better
I'm sorry
(G. Stefani, T. Dumont)